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Klassen: Yearlings lead feeder complex higher

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News July 3, 2018

Compared to last week, yearlings traded $3 lower to as much as $8 higher. Lower supplies made the market hard to define in some regions but quality packages were very well bid. Heifers were somewhat softer but overall, the market continues to strengthen. Larger operations in southern Alberta were once again leading the charge higher […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain on pre-holiday technical buying

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News July 3, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were mostly higher on Tuesday, with some hog and cattle contracts hitting multi-month peaks on technical buying ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. Independence Day holiday, traders and analysts said. CME July lean hog futures climbed to their highest since Feb. 26, settling up 0.525 cent to 83.725 […] Read more

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ADM to buy French animal feed business Neovia

By GFM Network News July 2, 2018

Paris/Chicago | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is in exclusive talks to take over French animal feed business Neovia for 1.5 billion euros (C$2.3 billion) as part of the U.S. farm giant’s strategy to expand in the fast-growing animal nutrition sector. Neovia is majority owned by French cooperative group InVivo. Investment group Eurazeo […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle jump as corn prices drop

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News July 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures rose to nearly four-month highs on Monday as declining feed prices boosted demand for the variety of cattle fattened and then sold to beef packers. Live cattle futures, reflecting the animals already fattened for slaughter, were narrowly higher while lean hogs were widely mixed on the Chicago […] Read more

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Brazil’s BNDES willing to sell JBS stake

By GFM Network News June 29, 2018

Rio de Janeiro | Reuters — Brazilian development bank BNDES is willing to sell its stake in meatpacker JBS SA, one source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The development bank had already expressed the intention to sell its stake “for the right price.” But the person, who asked for anonymity to discuss […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up on better cash sales

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 29, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures surged by their three cents/lb. daily price limit on Friday, boosted by investment fund buying and better-than-expected sales in cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also climbed by their daily limit, of 4.5 cents/lb., tracking the higher prices in the more […] Read more

The HRV system at the Brant Hutterite Colony replaces  conventional ventilation.

Features, Livestock

Ventilation system takes chill off

Capturing the heat from stale air helps reduce this barn’s heating bill

By Lee Hart June 29, 2018

Capturing at least some of the heat from stale or “old” air being exhausted from poultry and hog barns is one more step in developing intensive livestock operations with net zero energy barns. The net zero term means a barn is producing as much energy as it is using. Two poultry barns in Alberta, for […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were narrowly higher in bull-spreading on Thursday as some investors exited positions in nearby contract months ahead of a quarterly government supply report that was released after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in the report said the U.S. hog herd as of June […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by initial prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle and short-covering after recent market losses, traders said. Thinly traded June futures, which will expire on Friday, led advances. Some investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Beef Cattle, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Weaker barley prices enhance yearling prices

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News June 26, 2018

Compared to last week, yearlings traded $3 to as much as $8 higher, with strong buying interest noted from Lethbridge-area feedlots. Supplies of quality feeders are rather snug at this time of year and buyers were extremely aggressive on local packages. Prices in the non-major feeding areas appeared to lag southern Alberta markets but orders […] Read more

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Klassen: Yearlings lead feeder complex higher

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain on pre-holiday technical buying

ADM to buy French animal feed business Neovia

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle jump as corn prices drop

Brazil’s BNDES willing to sell JBS stake

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up on better cash sales

Ventilation system takes chill off

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

Klassen: Weaker barley prices enhance yearling prices

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